Readers: Are They Involved?
by Scott Lindsay.There are two specific, yet lofty goals writers strive for every time they commit words to paper. That goal is to write in such a way as to draw their readers into the written word.If this goal is in fictional writing the author wants the reader to b...
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How To Write A Book About Your Life, Now
by Steve Manning.I can't tell you how often people come up to me and say, "Tell me how to write a book about my life." You've got your life story to tell, and you can make it a best seller. I get goose bumps every time I hear that someone is going to write their life...
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Whos Telling The Story?
by Scott Lindsay.The point of view in any story is important because it provides a guide to manage the execution of your story. Most works of fiction use one point of view although a second perspective can be brought into the story for a short period of time.Third Pe...
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Eulogy Writing- 9 Steps to Keep it Simple
by Susan Dugdale.Being asked to prepare and deliver a eulogy or funeral speech is a privilege.However many people find the prospect entirely overwhelming for two reasons. The first is it signifies the end of a loved one’s life. When added to public speaking being p...
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Get Inside your Readers Mind
by Elaine Berry.Have you ever read an article and felt a powerful contact with the writer? Just as if that person REALLY understood you and was speaking right to you?It doesn’t often happen with an article. Even less often with a sales letter. But when it does, yo...
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Non-fiction Article Choices
by Pamela White.This article may be reprinted in freely distributed publications, online or in print, with minor grammatical and spelling corrections allowed. The resource box/author's information must be included. Thank you.Non-fiction Writing Choices by Pamela Whi...
The Exercise Of Emulation
by Scott Lindsay.A writing exercise that is helpful in learning a very specific style of writing is called Emulation. This is done to match the style of a specific author.In essence, you create an entirely new passage using an existing passage as your guide.For examp...
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Why Im Not Buying Your eBook
by Esther Smith.It doesn’t matter whether you are emailing a prospect, composing an ad, or writing a sales letter to promote your newly published eBook – correct grammar and spelling are important. Good or bad, it leaves a lasting impression on the reader and sa...
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The Sweet Taste Of Success
by Scott Lindsay.Writers are an interesting breed of humanity – they can make us feel joy, sadness, anger and empathy. Sometimes they can cause us to feel all these emotions simultaneously.There are certainly more lucrative methods of gaining an income, yet everyda...
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Writing Advice From The Experts Part #1
by Scott Lindsay.One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment. - Hart CraneSome of the best advice for writers in the 21st century comes from those who have seen their succ...
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Writers Block? Brainstorm Yourself!
by Elaine Berry.Have you ever been on a “Training Day”?When I used to work for a local government department, we often used to get sent on Training Days.They weren’t quite the same as “courses”. The idea was usually for management to get staff discussing t...
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M.O.R.E. - Theory of Writing Successfully for Money
by Ken Leatherman.This is my own theory one I've developed and produced myself. It reflects my own approach to writing and to the marketing of writing. I've seen other writers speak of some of the individual approaches I'm discussing here, but none to my knowledge ha...
Whos Speaking: Choosing A Narrators Voice
by Scott Lindsay.Have you given much thought to the voice of your narrator? Perhaps you assumed the narrator in your novel should remain neutral. Many writers believe that the narrator should have little in the way of identity and the use of a narrator is essentially...
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Thesaurus: Word Roulette
by Scott Lindsay.There is some beautiful literary styles that thrive on the repeated use of words and phrases. The language is poetic and beautiful. This, however, is not an article that encourages the use of repeated words.Unless you are writing in a style that dema...
Writing Tip: Active vs. Passive Verbs
by Lisa Silverman."Jenny was being served her apple martini by the bartender just as the front window was shattered by a speeding Humvee, and Jenny was thrown from her stool."OR"The bartender was serving Jenny her apple martini just as a speeding Humvee shattered the ...
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